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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
10
Bridgeport Telegram details circulation rates by mail and in advance. Published daily except Sunday by a publishing company at 240 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. Open daily. Includes note about Associated Press news usage and audit bureau membership.
A collage of quips mocks spring, taxes, and everyday quirks. Lines lampoon bootleggers, jokes about crime and luck, and social foibles. The piece muses on honesty, expenses, and cultural oddities with wry humor and brief one liners.
Weather report notes fair conditions in Southern New England for Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. A storm moving northeast from the Ohio valley weakened as it reached Canadian Maritime provinces, bringing precipitation since Tuesday in the Lake region and heavy snow along the North Atlantic States. New York City recorded the highest wind velocity at 64 mph Wednesday night, with northwest winds diminishing north of Sandy Hook for Thursday.
Anson T. McCook, secretary to Governor Templeton, defends an Eliza S. McCook summer estate on Niantic bay against condemnation for sanatorium expansion. Governor once favored purchase, now opposes private use. critics urge land to aid tubercular children.
Edward Dirigibus, a renowned bootlegger, was fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to state prison for one to two years. State's Attorney Cummings portrayed him as the leading figure behind a vast operation with liquor seized valued over 50000 dollars. The case falsifies beliefs that big operators escape prison while smaller offenders are caught.
A public take on Dirigibus bound for state prison underscores that prohibition can be enforced. The article argues officials are not corrupt and praises courts and law enforcement for upholding the law, countering claims of widespread contempt for law and corrupt enforcement.
A young woman with bobbed hair leaped from a New York ferry shouting I don t want any more of this world The piece muses on which world she meant contrasting it with the lives of workers mothers students and others It suggests she spoke of a degraded harsh world and notes many prefer the normal world they know
The Martford Courant hosts a lighthearted symposium on whether sap rises or falls in trees. Hartford sages split on gravity versus capillary action with leaves absent, offering playful theories. The humorous finale suggests turning a tree upside down to see if sap drains from the roots.
Letters to the Editor invite signed opinions from Telegram readers. A couple recounts meeting at Pleasure Beach and speculate on reopening costs for the summer. The piece mentions sleeping sickness cases in New York and Bridgeport, blaming city payrolls and citizen responsibility. A final line hints at voters using their best judgment when going to the polls.
A Ford owner laments months after the vote that best judgment failed on theft of beans. He criticizes the Republican machine for manipulating city funds and calls for responsible city governance. He notes Bridgeport still has a fire department but seeks a decent street system and infrastructure.
An anonymous reader derides women in politics as less capable than men and urges them to focus on domestic duties rather than public office or party activities. The letter mocks female involvement at Republican and Democratic clubs and labels women as gossiping and idle, offering a dismissive view of women seeking leadership roles.
Louis Fall a 16 year old girl from Hollister avenue was committed yesterday to the House of the Good Shepherd on a charge of incorrigibility as her parents told court authorities they could not control her.
WALT MASON ribbing Bildad Jones a greedy hoarder who pursues wealth while ignoring books and charity. The comic portrait contrasts his endless hunger for cash with his neglected humanity as beneficiaries drift around him.
Large turnout attended the funeral for John L Wessels, city mayor three terms and former president of Mechanics and Farmers Saving Bank. Services were led at his home 357 Norman Street by Rev. George Fort and Rev. Charles Decker. The body will be sent to Rye, New York, for burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Two consignments of wild animals arrived at New York on March 7. The Bayern carried nine camels four tigers four polar bears and a nineteen foot python making the largest single-day wild-animal landing. The Mount Clay brought leopards and thousands of canaries along with 260 passengers.
Cornelius Barrow Way elected president of the Grand Camp of the independent Order of Tigers at the annual meeting in lodge rooms 651 State street. Jacques Marshall wa elected vice president A D Collins secretary Robert Collins treasurer George Salzgiver chaplain Ernest Lyge sergeant at arms Joseph Lanbeck ey inside guard Howard J Moody president of Camp No 1 1 C O T ncted as Installing officer during the installation ceremonies.
A compilation of brief Q and A covering life expectancy modern averages, market report terms open high low bid asked close, U S fishing industry size 1921 figures, daytime visibility of comets, Damon and Pythian origins, Rexall trademark, northern seed potatoes suited to the South, and San Francisco as the largest port of entry for aliens after New York in 1922.
A satirical verse warns travelers against driving through Alabama during rain. The piece humorously folds in imagery of sticky clay valleys and bogs while humorously mentioning an asylum and unsafe roads. It uses regional tone and playful warnings to urge waiting for sunny days or rail travel.
A talking piece by Angelo Patri on breaking a child’s bad habits. A sickly girl clings to routines and comforts, and doctors advise temporarily removing her to the country with relatives to reset her environment and reactions. After months away, she forgets the old demands and improves.
In Oklahoma City on March 7, lawmakers introduced a bill requiring newspaper editors reporters and all persons handling copy for publication to pass an examination before receiving a license priced at $10 The measure aims to raise the licensing standard and lower the age of eligibility It also defines cabs as students who would not be licensed and whose editors would be responsible for their actions The piece notes a springtime quip about the young joining the mayvy.
An unclear letter fragment references a mother describing constant mind alteration and dryness, a husband’s possible distress, and mentions diabetes. The writer asks for information about a time or event, with unclear names or places. The text shows personal health concerns and requests for guidance.
Doctor Copeland discusses sinus anatomy from the frontal, ethmoidal and other cavities, explaining how infection can block passages and cause pus buildup and fever. He answers reader questions on dry mouth from diabetes, milk leg, foot pain when swimming, height and weight for a 17 year old, smothering sensations in young girls, fallen arches in children, and the need for professional examination. Readers are advised to seek medical care and to include a self addressed stamped envelope for personal replies.
John Beal Sneed, once a key player in the Sneed-Boyer feud, shot B. B. Berry at Paducah Texas amid recent claims Berry killed Sneed's son-in-law Wood Barton. Sneed, a Panhandle millionaire ranchman, had previously killed Al Boyce and his father after Boyce eloped with Sneed's wife and was acquitted earlier by courts.
Tulitig Nechin of 222 Hough Ave was fined 3 dollars in City Court for driving an automobile not equipped with 1923 license plates. Charie Desch of Stratford is to be arraigned this morning on a similar charge.
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